Elmbrook Settles Another Lawsuit; Taxpayers Pay for the District Administration's Lawlessness
Elmbrook was non-complaint in responding to open records requests.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Elmbrook has settled a lawsuit regarding open records where the District was non-compliant and non-transparent. Elmbrook taxpayers will be paying $19,000 for the administration's missteps.
The community member behind the lawsuit said, "I am grateful for [my attorney's] time, effort and expertise in explaining the law, holding the district accountable for non-compliance, and advocating for truth and transparency. These undertakings are crucial to our system of checks and balances, and absent them, our government would cease to be of the people, by the people and for the people."
In previous reporting on this case, the community member's attorney, Tom Kamenick, said, “The Court of Appeals applied the law exactly as written. Elmbrook was trying to stretch exceptions in the law far broader than they were intended to go.”